The Darien Gap: Travels in the Rainforest of Panama by Martin Mitchinson - 2008-04-14

Harbour Publishing, 2008-04-16. Paperback. Acceptable. EXCESSIVE WEAR, Cover has taped tears, Corners are very worn. Inside pgs are ok & 100% readable. 04

Harbour Publishing Company, Limited, 2008. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Madeira Park, BC, Canada: Harbour Publishing, 2008. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Harbour Pub Co. Used - Acceptable.

A tight, clean, and unmarked copy-" Finalist for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction If you want to drive from North America to South America, you'll have a hard time when you reach Panama's southernmost province, Darien. The Pan-American Highway ends just sixty miles short of Colombia. It's the only missing link in what would otherwise be an uninterrupted highway from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. When Balboa marched through Darien's jungles to cross the narrow isthmus in 1513, he was the first European to sight the Pacific from its eastern shores. For the next four centuries, pirates, gold miners, rebels, and political schemers all gravitated to Darien. Scotland failed miserably in its attempt to establish a colony. An American Navy expedition wandered lost in its jungle for two months with seven men dying, and countries fought to control the region's traffic and trade. Yet today, Darien is best known as a roadless backwater, home to native communities, Colombian guerrillas, and the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Harbour Pub Co, 2008. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 240 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches.

Harbour Publishing, 2008-04-16. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!